Duʿāʾ for relieving burdens of debt
Abū Bakr came to me and said, "Have you heard a supplication from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ that he taught me?" I asked, "What is it?" He said, "Jesus, the son of Mary, used to teach it to his companions. If any of you had a debt as great as a mountain, and he invoked Allah with it, Allah would fulfill it for him. Say: allāhuma fārij al-hamm, kāshif al-ghamm, mujība daʿwat al-muḍṭarrīn, Raḥmān al-dunyā wa-al-ākhirah wa-raḥīmahumā, anta tarḥamunī, fa-irḥamnī bi-raḥmatin tughnīnī bihā ʿan raḥmati man siwāk (O Allah, reliever of distress, dispeller of sorrow, answerer of the supplication of the distressed, al-Raḥmān (Most Merciful) of the world and the Hereafter and the One Who who bestows mercy upon them, You are the One who ˹also˺ bestows mercy upon me, so bestow mercy upon me with a mercy that will suffice me from the mercy of anyone other than You.)"
Abū Bakr al-Ṣiddīq said, "I had some remaining debt that I was a burden on me. I invoked Allah with this supplication, and Allah fulfilled it for me."
ʿĀʾishah said, "Asmāʾ b. ʿUmays had a debt of one dinar and three dirhams upon me, and she used to visit me. I was embarrassed to face her because I had nothing to pay her with. So, I invoked Allah with this supplication, and soon after, Allah provided me with some wealth, not as charity to be given, nor as a heritage received, but Allah settled it for me. I distributed a good share among my relatives and set free the slave girl of ʿAbd al-Raḥmān with three 'ūqiyyah and he had a good favor upon us."
دَخَلَ عَلَيَّ أَبُو بَكْرٍ فَقَالَ: هَلْ سَمِعْتِ مِنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ دُعَاءً عَلَّمَنِيهِ؟ قُلْتُ: مَا هُوَ؟ قَالَ: كَانَ عِيسَى ابْنُ مَرْيَمَ يُعَلِّمُهُ أَصْحَابَهُ۔ قَالَ: لَوْ كَانَ عَلَى أَحَدِكُمْ جَبَلُ ذَهَبٍ دَيْنًا فَدَعَا اللَّهَ بِذَلِكَ، لَقَضَاهُ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ: (اللَّهُمَّ فَارِجَ الْهَمِّ، كَاشِفَ الْغَمِّ، مُجِيبَ دَعْوَةِ الْمُضْطَرِّينَ، رَحْمَانَ الدُّنْيَا وَالْآخِرَةِ وَرَحِيمَهُمَا، أَنْتَ تَرْحَمُنِي، فَارْحَمْنِي بِرَحْمَةٍ تُغْنِينِي بِهَا عَنْ رَحْمَةِ مَنْ سِوَاكَ۔)
قَالَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ الصِّدِّيقُ: وَكَانَتْ عَلَيَّ بَقِيَّةٌ مِنَ الدَّيْنِ وَكُنْتُ لِلدَّيْنِ كَارِهًا، فَكُنْتُ أَدْعُو بِذَلِكَ فَأَتَانِي اللَّهُ بِفَائِدَةٍ فَقَضَاهُ اللَّهُ عَنِّي۔
قَالَتْ عَائِشَةُ «كَانَ لِأَسْمَاءَ بِنْتِ عُمَيْسٍ عَلَيَّ دِينَارٌ وَثَلَاثَةُ دَرَاهِمٍ فَكَانَتْ تَدْخُلُ عَلَيَّ فَأَسْتَحْيِي أَنْ أَنْظُرَ فِي وَجْهِهَا لِأَنِّي لَا أَجِدُ مَا أَقْضِيهَا۔ فَكُنْتُ أَدْعُو بِذَلِكَ فَمَا لَبِثْتُ إِلَّا يَسِيرًا حَتَّى رَزَقَنِي اللَّهُ رِزْقًا مَا هُوَ بِصَدَقَةٍ تُصُدِّقَ بِهَا عَلَيَّ وَلَا مِيرَاثٌ وَرِثْتُهُ فَقَضَاهُ اللَّهُ عَنِّي وَقَسَمْتُ فِي أَهْلِي قَسْمًا حَسَنًا وَحَلَّيْتُ ابْنَةَ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بِثَلَاثِ أَوَاقٍ وَرِقٍ وَفَضَلَ لَنَا فَضْلٌ حَسَنٌ»